Herpetoreas xenura

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Natricinae
Genus: Herpetoreas
Species: Herpetoreas xenura

Name

Herpetoreas xenura (Wall, 1907)

• Holotype: BNHS. [lost fide Smith (1943: 292)]
• Type locality: not stated, reported as “Cherrapunji, Khasi Hills, Assam” by Wall (1909: 145).

Combinations

• Tropidonotus xenura Wall, 1907: 616 [original combination]
• Natrix xenurus — Wall, 1923 [subsequent combination]
• Amphiesma xenura — Malnate, 1960: 50 [subsequent combination]
• Hebius xenura — Guo et al., 2014: 438 [subsequent combination]
• Herpetoreas xenura — Lalronunga et al., 2020: 198 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Wall, F. 1907. Some new Asian snakes. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 17: 612–618. BHL
• Lalronunga, S., Lalrinchhana, C., Das, A., Gower, D.J. & Deepak, V. 2020. A multilocus molecular perspective on the systematics of the poorly known Northeast Indian colubrid snakes Blythia reticulata (Blyth, 1854), B. hmuifang Vogel, Lalremsanga & Vanlalhrima, 2017, and Hebius xenura (Wall, 1907). Zootaxa 4768(2): 193–200. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.2.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Herpetoreas xenura. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 3 October 2020.

Vernacular names

English: Wall's Keelback